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Housing
birchip
Victoria · Census 2021
$180k
-3.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Birchip is a bushland suburb of Buloke.
Median house price
People
Population
694
Median age
49 yrs
Income / person / wk
$740
Household income / wk
$1,171
Housing
Median rent / wk
$155
Mortgage / month
$758
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 33%
- Top language at home
- Malayalam · 2%
- No religion
- 33%
- Born overseas
- 8%
- English only at home
- 94%
Local amenities
Amenity score
19/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
1
Nearest supermarket
1.4 km
Nearest train
91.2 km
Nearest hospital
1.7 km
Distance to coast
266 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
1.7 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Buloke
- Council population
- 6,081
- Council area
- 7,998 km²
- Density
- 1/km²
- Federal grants
- $8.79M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $1,446/yr
- Avg rates / property
- $2,140
- Operating result
- -2.4%
- Asset renewal
- 84%
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Financials: VIC Local Government Performance Reporting 2024-25, Local Government Victoria. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Mallee
- Federal MP
- Anne Webster (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 69% 2PP
- State electorate
- Mildura
- State MP
- Jade Benham (NAT)
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